SKIN INKS

Tattoo: It is believed that Capt. James Cook was the first European to record the practice of tattooing, when he sailed the Endeavor on his historic exploration of the South Seas in 1769. He noted that the Tahitians cut their skin and injected black dye that left a permanent mark. He called the practice tattowing in his diary, an approximation of the native word tatau.


Pork Chop: Used by tattoo artists to describe the small, easy-to-apply tattoos that walk-in customers usually get and which help pay for the artists’ tasty necessities of life, like beer, eggs and, yes, pork chops.